People ex rel. Commissioners of Highways v. Board of Supervisors

This was a proceeding by mandamus to require the County of Hancock to contribute one-lialf of the cost of a bridge over Crooked Creek, in the town of St. Mary’s, in said county. Trial was had at the June term, 1885, of the Hancock Circuit Court, and judgment rendered for appellees for costs.

Humero us errors are assigned upon the record, hut we shall only notice those necessary to a determination of the rights of the parties.

On July 10,1883, at the July meeting of the Board of Supervisors, the Highway Commissioners of St. Mary’s presented a petition to the Board, representing that during the…